LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - Trader Glencore is
expected to agree to concessions this week to ease Chinese
worries over its grip on the supply of copper, clearing the
final regulatory hurdle in its $32 billion acquisition of miner
Xstrata.

After months of negotiations, Glencore is expected to have
agreed to yield some ground, with analysts and market sources
pointing to a likely sale from among Xstrata's promising
- though challenging - greenfield copper projects, which could
include Las Bambas in Peru, due to begin production in 2015.

Industry sources said a solution might also involve giving
China a guaranteed slice of the group's copper production.
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